II. Translate into English and be ready to reproduce the dialogue at the next lesson.

• В вашей квартире много мебели?

• No, there isn’t. But we have everything we need.

• Новая квартира очень удобная, не так ли?

• Yes, it is. I like it very much. I want you to see our new apartment. Could you and your wife come to my place next Saturday?

• Спасибо за приглашение. Мы обязательно придем.

• I’ll be waiting for you at 7 p.m.

• Хорошо. Мы придем в 7.

III. Insert the articles where necessary.

1. There is … large bedroom in our flat. … bedroom is light and sunny. It is … very comfortable.

2. Mr. Bell’s family lives in … small house with … garden. … house and … garden are very nice.

3. There are … two armchairs and … TV-set in the sitting-room/

4. There is … fire-place in Mr. Dunn’s study. … Dunns like to sit near … fire-place in the evenings.

5. There is … built-in furniture in our kitchen. … furniture makes … kitchen comfortable.

6. Is there … study in your flat? Yes, but … study is not large, though it is very comfortable.

Mr. Dunn has got a brother. His name is John Dunn. He is 35. John lives in …very nice house. There is … small garden near it. There are two floors in his house: … ground floor and … first floor. Downstairs there is … sitting-room and … kitchen. … John’s sitting-room is large. There is … nice carpet on … floor. There are …four comfortable armchairs, … TV-set, and … wall-unit there. On … small table near … window there are … foreign newspapers and journals. There is … fire-place in … room. It makes … sitting-room cosy. … kitchen is not large. There is … built-in furniture there.

Upstairs there is … bedroom and … small bathroom.

In the evenings John likes to sit near … fire-place and read. He likes his house and often thinks, ‘There is no place like home’.

IV. Open the brackets and use the correct tenses.

1. – Where (to be) John Dunn now?

- He (to spend) the weekend in Brighton. He often (to spend) weekends there.

2. – What (to do) the children?

- They (to listen) to a BBC English lesson. They always (to listen) to BBC English lessons at 3 p.m.

3. – (to be) Mrs. Bell in the garden?

- Yes, she (to show) it to her friend. Her garden (to be) very nice and she (to like) showing it to her friends.

V. Supply the correct prepositions.

Mr. Blake’s elder sister Rosy and her husband Richard Green live …a small house. There is a garden … it. … the ground floor there is a sitting-room, a kitchen, and a study. … the first floor there is a bedroom and a bathroom. When you come … the sitting-room, you see that the room is light and sunny. It is a large room but there is not much furniture … it: four comfortable armchairs, a sofa, and a TV-set. There is a nice carpet … the floor. The study isn’t large. There are four bookcases … it. There is also a fire-place … the study. The fire-place makes the room comfortable.

VI. Use the correct word.

to go / to come

1. At weekends Londoners often … to Brighton. They spend two days there. They … to Brighton on Friday evening and … to London on Sunday.

2. Mr. Dunn … to his office at 9. He finishes work at 6 and … home at 7. Sometimes after work he … to meet his friends.

3. On Saturdays and Sundays many people … to different places near Minsk to spend their weekends there.

4. Our top managers often … to London to discuss business matters with their shareholders.